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Small brownish European songbird
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dunnock
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Wikipedia
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The dunnock ( Prunella modularis ) is a small passerine , or perching bird , found throughout temperate Europe and into Asia . Dunnocks have also been successfully introduced into New Zealand. It is by far the most widespread member of the accentor family, ...
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n. small brownish European songbird [syn: hedge sparrow , sparrow , Prunella modularis ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Hedge \Hedge\, n. [OE. hegge, AS. hecg; akin to haga an inclosure, E. haw, AS. hege hedge, E. haybote, D. hegge, OHG. hegga, G. hecke. [root]12. See Haw a hedge.] A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A small European and Asian passerine bird, (taxlink Prunella modularis species noshow=1), the hedge sparrow or hedge warbler.
Usage examples of dunnock.
Amidst the sounds of moving water, I heard birdcalls: the thin cry of the tree creeper, the whistling warble of the dunnock, and high, high aloft the mewing call of a buzzard circling lazily over the trees.